Ike

Pulled Ike on free draw from Tempest Trials. Basically completely outclasses my Seliph. Going to leave Swordbreaker for now due to his low speed, considering replacing with Vantage 3/Quick Riposte 2.

One or my formerly best units who I liked using before hw got powercrept is POR Ike. He is +res, -hp. Not really the best but, find it a decent iv because it does allow him to have some slight chance to tank to mages. I need to roll with what I got so I had to stick with this +res, -hp Ike. This build aims to turn Ike into a baiter.

For his weapon keep his legendary weapon Ragnell. Its ability to attack at a distance is very useful. I see no reason why would you want to replace this cool looking sword.

For his assist skill I prefer reposition. That skill is very handy to help allys escape from danger and getting them where they need to be.

For his special I went for bonfire since his def is high enough to use it.

For his A passive I replaced heavy blade with fury 3. This will give him an all rounded boost in his stats. Though at a cost of suffering 6 hp loss after an attack.

For his B passive I prefer vantage. The reason why is that because Ike can make use of the penalty damage of fury to get in to vantage range. This makes Ike dangerous at low hp. Pretty useful for when I want a mage to die already.

For his C skill I prefer threaten def for better heavy hitting.

Overall I think this Ike build is solid. My Ike is +res, -hp, meaning he can possibly dish out magic with a res buff. I may be a guy who plays with some trash and outclassed units only because I like some of them, but the thing is that I have known Ike since smash bros. He was one of my mains in that game. In other words I only use him cause he was one of my mains in smash. Not because he’s a top tier. Although he may have been shafted and in favor of his RD version, I think POR Ike still has his uses.

Tank Role: With Ike having Aether as its default charge of 5, Ike plays a more defensive role, with the only skill added to his default build being Reposition, which can grant protection to other allies who are within range of being attacked.

This build is meant to be a Heroes build of the Wrath plus Resolve skill combo that made Ike so broken in the last couple of chapters in PoR.

Plus attack or speed are the boons of choice. Either one works, it just depends on what you want more: a hard hitting Ike, or one that almost no-one will double. Minus res is the best bane because his res won't ever be good.

Ragnell is the obvious weapon of choice because it's a legendary weapon with built in distant counter.

Reposition is pretty much always a great assist and it will work well on Ike; bringing units in and out of combat.

Luna is the special of choice for this build. I chose Luna over Aether because Luna is a 3 charge special, so it'll activate more often. If you do decide to go with Aether, then wrath will help a bit.

In PoR, Resolve increases a unit's strength, speed, and skill when their hp is at or below 50%. Since their's no skill stat in Heroes, the next best thing is Brazen Atk/Spd 3. This will raise his attack to 58 or 61, and raise his speed to 38 or 41. So, if you have a spare Winter Robin or Linus lying around, getting this skill should be no problem.

Wrath synergizes well with Brazen Atk/Spd 3. It allows his specials to charge faster and increases special damage. All you need to sacrifice to give him this is a Nephenee or Karla.

I went with the double Def Tactic 3 for the C sand sacred seal slots. Plus 12 defense just sounds amazing. You could switch the C slot one with Atk Tactic 3 for more versatility if you want, either works.

With heavy blade Ike works great on both phases instead of only bait def breath builds which I like the option of him still charging his special at 2x on player phase. He loves sword breaker as B because it lets him kill any sword unit in one round making Any Meta sword units crumble and with a spur/drive speed he can tie or beat most other common sword breaker units. Drive def is just for team support and can be changed to whatever suits your team best. And seal lets him do great on def aswell, getting around all thoes pesky enemy phase skills.